Leading expert in Medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination, Les Enluminures offers for sale original illuminated manuscripts, books of hours, miniatures and works of art from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. To hold and to turn the pages of a manuscript is to touch hands directly with medieval Europe.
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EventsThe Winter Show
New York January 20 - 29, 2023 Read more -
PublicationsEn-Chanting: Choral Leaves from the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Online Publication lluminated Choir Books were a remarkable feature of the Medieval and Renaissance Church. Some of the greatest artists of Renaissance Italy are known for their illumination of choral works. This... Read more -
Video entriesPodcast - Episode 50: Les Enluminures celebrates 10 Years in New York
Our 50th podcast celebrates Les Enluminures’s Ten Years in New York. Join President and Founder Sandra Hindman and Helen Allen, Executive Director of New York’s celebrated art fair The Winter... Read more -
Video entriesVideo: The Fountain of All Science
October 26, 2022 This deluxe manuscript is the most lavishly illuminated copy known of the Livre de Sydrac, an enormously popular work of science and natural philosophy in the Middle Ages. Discover the... Read more -
PublicationsLiber Amicorum in honour of Diana Scarisbrick: a Life in Jewels
Published by Ad Ilissvm, with the gracious assistance of Les Enluminures October 1, 2022 This work, published on the 94th birthday of Diana Scarisbrick, honours her extraordinary career as one of the leading jewellery historians. Twenty scholars, most of whom have known and benefited... Read more -
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